After his team's shootaround practice, San Antonio Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich declined to say specifically how they plan to defend Hornets forward David West for tonight's Game 2 at the New Orleans Arena.

In Game 1, West scored a playoff career-high 30 points to lead the Hornets to a 101-82 victory.

"We're probably going to use four or five things you never seen before in basketball,'' Popovich said. We're going to spend the afternoon inventing the light bulb.''

The Spurs are likely to be more physical against West to force him to take more difficult shots. But backup guard Manu Ginobili said if he is assigned to guard him, which is not likely, West would still score 30.

In the Hornets' two regular-season victories against the Spurs, West scored 32 and 29 points, respectively. West scored 17 points in the second half during Game 1, and the Hornets made 54.5 percent of their shots after halftime to outscore the Spurs 56-33.

"We want to take the same approach to come out and be aggressive,'' West said. "This is the biggest game of the series.''